Innovations in Mass Timber

Innovations in Mass Timber : Sequestering Carbon with Style in Commercial Buildings

Through architectural photography, technical diagrams, and expert prose, this book explores the environmental benefits as well as stylish and innovative uses of mass timber in commercial buildings.

Prized for its ability to sequester carbon, mass timber, including cross-laminated timbers, glulam beams, and laminated veneer lumber, is entering a critical second phase of its development as a beneficial and stylish building material for nonresidential buildings. Join award-winning author Boyce Thompson on a global tour of 16 of the most innovative and stylish projects made with mass timber.

Content includes:
•    Projects such as the intricate Swatch headquarters in Switzerland, the world's tallest mass timber building in Milwaukee, WI, and a fairytale experience at the Hans Christian Andersen Museum in Denmark
•    Sidebars on carbon sequestration, moisture control, and acoustic properties of mass timber
•    Information on how software and computer-controlled robotic saws work with wood’s malleability to revolutionize millwork
•    Details on how mass timber maximizes forest yields by utilizing small-diameter trees that might otherwise be wasted
•    The benefits of how quickly and more accurately mass timber buildings go together with less waste and less neighborhood noise Prized for its ability to sequester carbon, mass timber, including cross-laminated timbers, glulam beams, and laminated veneer lumber, is entering a critical second phase of its development as a beneficial and stylish building material for nonresidential buildings. Join award-winning author Boyce Thompson on a global tour of 16 of the most innovative and stylish projects made with mass timber.

Content includes:

•    Projects such as the intricate Swatch headquarters in Switzerland, the world's tallest mass timber building in Milwaukee, WI, and a fairytale experience at the Hans Christian Andersen Museum in Denmark
•    Sidebars on carbon sequestration, moisture control, and acoustic properties of mass timber
•    Information on how software and computer-controlled robotic saws work with wood’s malleability to revolutionize millwork
•    Details on how mass timber maximizes forest yields by utilizing small-diameter trees that might otherwise be wasted
•    The benefits of how quickly and more accurately mass timber buildings go together with less waste and less neighborhood noise Trending topic on which there are few books, none written from a purely design point of view.
Wooden Buildings Reach for the Sky

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/30/todaysinyt/wooden-buildings-reach-for-the-sky-in-vaxjo-sweden.html?referringSource=articleShare

 

Five Stories Tall and Made of Wood
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/17/realestate/five-stories-tall-and-made-of-wood.html?referringSource=articleShare

 

As Concerns Over Climate Change Rise, More Developers Turn to Wood
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/22/business/mass-timber-wood-buildings.html?referringSource=artic

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/style/engineered-wood-tower-construction.html?.?mc=aud_dev&ad-keywords=auddevgate&gclid=Cj0KCQjwg7KJBhDyARIsAHrAXaHHY8errrxRyekMa3u1yfaO3-hlB6P4tpWt23X1l9NnbkdQxH2J8z8aAtAcEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

• Covers 16 nonresidential, mass timber buildings from Europe, Australia, and the United States
• An ideal book for anyone interested in design, green building, construction, and architecture
• Featured architects include Japanese master Shigeru Ban, who designed the sprawling Swatch headquarters building in Switzerland

Size: 9.0in x 11.0in  |  Pages: 224  |  146 color images